一个感人的英文小故事

一个感人的英文小故事Amancamehomefromworklate,tiredandirritated,tofindhis5-yearoldsonwaitingforhimatthedoor.“Daddy,mayIaskyouaquestion?”“Yeahsure,whatisit?”repliedtheman.“Daddy,howmuchdoyoumakeanhour?”“That’snoneofyourbusiness.Whydoyouasksuchathing?”themansaidangrily.“Ijustwanttoknow.Pleasetellme,howmuchdoyoumakeanhour?”pleadedthelittleboy.“Ifyoumustknow,Imake$20anhour.”“Oh,”thelittleboyreplied,withhisheaddown.Lookingup,hesaid,“Daddy,mayIpleaseborrow$10?”Thefatherwasfurious,“Iftheonlyreasonyouaskedthatissoyoucanborrowsomemoneytobuyasillytoyorsomeothernonsense,thenyoumarchyourselfstraighttoyourroomandgotobed.Thinkaboutwhyyouarebeingsoselfish.Iworkhardeverydayforsuchchildishbehavior.”Thelittleboyquietlywenttohisroomandshutthedoor.Themansatdownandstartedtogetevenangrieraboutthelittleboy’squestions.Howdareheasksuchquestionsonlytogetsomemoney?Afteraboutanhourorso,themanhadcalmeddown,andstartedtothink:Maybetherewassomethinghereallyneededtobuywiththat$10andhereallydidn’taskformoneyveryoften.Themanwenttothedoorofthelittleboy’sroomandopenedthedoor.“Areyouasleep,son?”Heasked.“Nodaddy,I’mawake,”repliedtheboy.“I’vebeenthinking,maybeIwastoohardonyouearlier,”saidtheman,“It’sbeenalongdayandItookoutmyaggravationonyou.Here’sthe$10youaskedfor.”Thelittleboysatstraightup,smiling.“Oh,thankyoudaddy!”Heyelled.Then,reachingunderhispillowhepulledoutsomecrumpledupbills.Theman,seeingthattheboyalreadyhadmoney,startedtogetangryagain.Thelittleboyslowlycountedouthismoney,thenlookedupathisfather.“Whydoyouwantmoremoneyifyoualreadyhavesome?”thefathergrumbled.“BecauseIdidn’thaveenough,butnowIdo,”thelittleboyreplied.“Daddy,Ihave$20now.CanIbuyanhourofyourtime?Pleasecomehomeearlytomorrow.Iwouldliketohavedinnerwithyou.”TheBoysAndTheFrogsOnespringdaysomenaughtyboyswereplayingnearapond.Theybegantothrowstonesintothewater.Inthepondlivedmanyfrogsweremuchafraidoftheboys,forthestoneshurtsomeofthefrogs.Atlastanoldfrogliftedhisheadoutofthewaterandsaid,¨Boys,pleasedonˇtthrowstonesatus.〃Theboyssaid,¨Weareonlyplaying.〃¨Iknowthat,butpleasestopthrowingstones,myboys.Whatisplaytoyouisdeathtous,〃saidtheoldfrog.Sotheboysstoppedthrowingstonesandwentaway.TheCockAndTheJewelOnefinemorning,acocksaidtothehensandchickens,¨Come,letusgoouttofindsomefood.Wehavenothadourbreakfastyet.〃Thenthecockbegantodigthesoftearth.Suddenlyhecried,¨Look,look!Ihavefoundsomethingstrange.Iwonderwhatitis.Itislikeaball.Butitisnotastone.Itmaybeaneggofsomebird.〃Thehensheardhiscryandcamearoundhim.Oneofthemsaid,¨Dearme!Thisisnotanegg,butajewel.Someonehaslostit.〃Achickenasked,¨Canweeatit?〃¨No,〃saidthehen,¨itisveryprecioustohumanbeings,butitisofnousetous;wecannoteatit.Throwitawayandtrytofindsomeworms.Iwanttohaveonewormthanallthejewelsintheworld.〃TigerAnoldtigerlivedintheforest.Hedidn’tlookforfoodforhimself.Heoftenaskedtheotheranimalstobringsomefoodtohim.Oneday,hewasveryhungry.Hesawalittlemonkeyandsaid,“I’mhungry.Gotolookforfoodforme!”“Sorry,Ican’t.There’sanothertigeroverthere.He’sverybig!Hewantsmetobringhimafatpig!Hewillnotletmegetfoodforyou.I’mafraidofhim!”“What?”theoldtigershoutedangrily.“Showmethattiger.Iwanttoeathim.”“Comewithme,please.”saidthemonkey.Themonkeytookthetigertotheriver.“Look,he’sintheriver!Hesayshe’stheNo.1intheforest!”Theoldtigerwasveryanger,“I’lleathimup!”Withthesewords,thetigerjumpedintotheriver.